| 1 | Representative Aubuchon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 17 and 18, insert: |
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| 6 | Section 1. Section 287.0576, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 7 | to read: |
| 8 | 287.0576 Contracts for health and human services.--The |
| 9 | Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of |
| 10 | Health, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Agency for |
| 11 | Health Care Administration, and the Department of Juvenile |
| 12 | Justice shall identify and implement changes that improve |
| 13 | efficiency in health and human services contract administration. |
| 14 | To assist with that goal, each agency shall adopt the following |
| 15 | policies: |
| 16 | (1) Limit administrative monitoring to once every 3 years |
| 17 | if the contracted provider is accredited by the Joint Commission |
| 18 | on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Commission |
| 19 | on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, or the Council on |
| 20 | Accreditation. By accepting the survey or inspection of an |
| 21 | accrediting organization, the department or agency does not |
| 22 | forfeit its right to monitor in order to ensure that services |
| 23 | for which the department or agency is paying are provided. The |
| 24 | department or agency may investigate complaints or suspected |
| 25 | problems and monitor the provider's compliance with negotiated |
| 26 | terms and conditions, including provisions relating to consent |
| 27 | decrees, which are unique to a specific contract and are not |
| 28 | statements of general applicability. The department or agency |
| 29 | may also monitor compliance with federal and state laws, federal |
| 30 | regulations, or state rules if such monitoring does not |
| 31 | duplicate the accrediting organization's review pursuant to |
| 32 | accreditation standards. Medicaid provider agreements are |
| 33 | excluded from the provisions of this subsection. |
| 34 | (2) Allow private-sector development and implementation of |
| 35 | an Internet-based, secure consolidated data warehouse and |
| 36 | archive for maintaining corporate, fiscal, and administrative |
| 37 | records of child welfare provider contracts. Providers must |
| 38 | ensure that the data is up to date and accessible to contracting |
| 39 | state agencies and the contracting providers. State agencies |
| 40 | that contract with health and human services providers must use |
| 41 | the data warehouse for document requests. If information is not |
| 42 | current or is unavailable on the provider's Internet-based data |
| 43 | warehouse and archive, the state agency may contact the provider |
| 44 | directly. At a minimum, the records must include: |
| 45 | (a) Articles of incorporation. |
| 46 | (b) Bylaws. |
| 47 | (c) Governing board and committee minutes. |
| 48 | (d) Financial audits. |
| 49 | (e) Expenditure reports. |
| 50 | (f) Compliance audits. |
| 51 | (g) Organizational charts. |
| 52 | (h) Staff resumes. |
| 53 | (i) Governing board membership information. |
| 54 | (j) Human resource policies and procedures. |
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| 57 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 58 | Remove lines 2-3 and insert: |
| 59 | An act relating to health and human services contracts; |
| 60 | creating s. 287.0576, F.S.; requiring the Departments of |
| 61 | Children and Family Services, Health, and Juvenile Justice |
| 62 | and the Agencies for Persons with Disabilities and Health |
| 63 | Care Administration to adopt certain policies relating to |
| 64 | the monitoring of provider contracts and access to |
| 65 | provider data; providing an exception; amending s. |
| 66 | 409.1671, F.S.; providing funding |